Michigan

Sold out for the season? Not quite

HOUSTON -- With opening day three days away, the Tigers still have some tickets available for almost all their games.

Opening day is sold out, of course, and the Tigers are expecting a Comerica Park record crowd on Monday to see them play Kansas City. But Bob Raymond, the team's vice president for marketing and ticket sales, said today that tickets remain for every other home game, with the exception of the May 10 game against the New York Yankees.

But the Tigers will be close to sellouts all season long. Raymond said the team has already sold more than 30,000 tickets for each of the six games on the opening homestand against the Royals and White Sox. Comerica Park has 41,782 seats.

Also today, major league baseball announced that it has stayed the 15-game suspension of Royals outfielder Jose Guillen, because of negotiations between the owners and players on revisions to the sport's drug-testing policies. Guillen would have missed the Royals' opening series against the Tigers. Kansas City will be without catcher Miguel Olivo, who will serve a four-game suspension that dates back to last year.

The Royals will have a 24-man roster for the series against the Tigers.